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Mondays are notorious for being the off days for the MTT regs, with the player turnouts typically the slowest we see all week. However, Spartan Poker`s “Winter Celebration Series” and Adda52`s uniquely-branded “Ser
The ₹2.60 Crores GTD “Series of Legends” saw the former Maverick winner Depapri
‘David2000’ championed Spartan Poker’s WCS #46 ReCharge for ₹2.88 Lakhs, with Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh earning a runner-up payout worth ₹1.95 Lakhs.
Another Rising Star, Ritwik Khanna, broke an over four-month-long title drought by winning Spartan Poker’s WCS #48 Deepstack for ₹1.83 Lakhs. Khanna cashed another two events, collecting over ₹2.74 lakhs.
Aayush Arya championed PokerBaazi’s The Big Show for ₹1.83 Lakhs, beating ‘madon’ (2nd for ₹1.28 Lakhs) in heads-up play.
Ashish Kumar won PokerStars India’s Battle Royale for the second time this year for ₹1.07 Lakhs. Pranav Khandalkar came second ₹70,679.
Chirag Sodha, Md Nazim, Hemant Meena, Shekhar Singh, Chetraj Mishra, and Partho Dutta were the other prominent winners.
Here are the Monday highlights!
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Spartan Poker
Monday marked Day 6 of Spartan Poker`s Winter Celebration Series, and the site handed out eight titles yesterday. The day`s featured event was the ₹12 Lakhs GTD WCS #46 ReCharge, where 326 entries generated a ₹13.04 Lakhs prize pool. The event ran from 8 PM to 4.05 AM, and mystery player ‘David2000’ walked away with the title and the ₹2.88 Lakhs up-top. Rising Star Aman ‘KarmaPoker’ Parakh finished runner-up for ₹1.95 Lakhs.
Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna was another standout winner. The Rising Star finally ended an over four-time-long title curse as he overcame a 347-strong field in the ₹8 Lakhs GTD WCS #48 Deepstack to win ₹1.83 Lakhs. ‘SubuDan’ stood second for ₹1.24 Lakhs.
Ritwik Khanna cashed another two events, adding over ₹2.74 Lakhs in Monday earnings.
His ITM finishes include:
> 1st in Deepstack for ₹1.83 Lakhs
> 3rd in The Big Show for ₹82,451
> 46th in Profish Malik for ₹8,250
Ritwik Khanna`s online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹3.87 Crores | Lifetime Profits: ₹98.29 Lakhs
Chirag ‘chilling’ Sodha (Won ₹2.50 Lakhs GTD WCS #49 for ₹59,649), ‘neeru786’ (Won WCS#45 PKO ₹2 Lakhs GTD for ₹50,161), ‘Rahul4444s’ (Won WCS#43 ₹2.75 Lakhs GTD for ₹43,616), ‘Jai1209’ (Won WCS#47 ₹60K GTD for ₹13,733), Hemnashu ‘CM.PUNK2412’ Tandon (Won WCS#44- OFC ₹25K GTD for ₹6,250) and ‘stallioniteraj’ (Won Striker ₹18K GTD for ₹4,725) won the other WCS titles.
Following six days of action, the annual leaderboard topper Young Gun Gaurav ‘mozzie17’ Sood is still the player to catch at the top of the WCS Featured Leaderboard standings with 1,745 points. Rising Star Ritwik ‘Fisherman1997’ Khanna`s (1,506 points) Monday night run has pushed him to #2 in the rankings while Young Gun Shardul ‘Caribbean Flex’ Parthasarathi (1,361 points) has slipped to #3.
WCS Featured Leaderboard Standings After Day 6
Rank Player Points
1 Gaurav 'mozzie17' Sood 1,745
2 Ritwik 'Fisherman1997' Khanna 1,506
3 Shardul 'Caribbean Flex' Parthasarathi 1,361
4 Mohit thejoker' Mehta 1,345
5 Nitin 'Demogorgon' Arora 1,297
6 d@@kudaddy 1,291
7 NoConnection 1,215
8 Yash 'Babyshark10' Chitre 1,181
9 Anuj tittooTauji' Yadav 1,085
10 TheTeacher2.0 1,068
PokerBaazi
The biggest draw on PokerBaazi last night, ₹7.50 Lakhs GTD The Big Show, obliterated its posted guarantee by ₹1.23 Lakhs as 349 participants bought in for ₹2,750. The top 45 places got paid, and Aayush ‘Learnnwin’ Arya won the title for ₹1.83 Lakhs. The user ‘madon’ placed runner-up for ₹1.28 Lakhs.
Aayush Arya`s online stats (excluding PokerStars India): Lifetime Winnings: ₹59.42 Lakhs | Lifetime Profits: ₹20.21 Lakhs
The ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD Holdem BOOST clocked in 165 entries, and the top 21 places got a share from the ₹1.65 Lakhs prize pool. Hemant ‘hkm2828’ Meena cut his way across the competition to win ₹41,040, just as ‘rampal2000’ finished runner-up for ₹28,760.
‘Yoanatanwar’ (Won Daily Night Sprint ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹46,650), ‘Avengers26’ (Won PLO Boost Monster ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹34,090), Chetraj ‘chetraj100’ Mishra (Won Evening Sprint ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹30,080), ‘yuvi0069’ (Won Sprint ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹23,010), ‘daredevilcalls’ (Won Turbo ₹50K GTD for ₹11,560), and ‘Chintu452’ (Won 5-max Daily ₹50K GTD for ₹10,770) won the other Monday marquees on PokerBaazi!
PokerStars India
The ₹5 Lakhs GTD Battle Royale headlined the Monday schedule on PokerStars India. The ₹2,350 buy-in event registered a 224-entry field, filling in a little over ₹20,000 in overlays. Ashish ‘TRIPPINonACID’ Kumar was the last player standing and won the event for the second time this year for ₹1.07 Lakhs (includes ₹62,002 in bounties). Pranav ‘pkpok13’ Khandalkar came second for ₹70,679 (includes ₹25,790 in bounties).
Last night`s win fetched Ashish Kumar his ninth title for the year. Interestingly, Kumar’s last title win from three months ago (September 13) was in this same event. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹71.33 Lakhs | Lifetime Profit: ₹16.37 Lakhs
Shekhar ‘shekhar_singh’ Singh overcame a 136-entry field in the ₹1.25 Lakhs GTD Ultrasonic to win ₹32,578 (includes ₹19,344 in bounties). ‘Flipper108’ placed runner-up for ₹13,834 (includes ₹600 in bounties).
Shekhar Singh also placed 13th in Adda52’s Dinner PLO Adda for ₹2,576. His online stats: Lifetime Winnings: ₹98.96 Lakhs | Lifetime Profit: ₹21 Lakhs
Partho ‘SpidermanIndia’ Datta (Won Afternoon on Stars ₹60K GTD for ₹19,662), ‘tight_sam888’ (
Adda52
Adda52`s brand-new “Series of Legends”(SOL) comprises nine uniquely branded events with ₹2.60 Crores GTD across the series. SOL runs from December 13 to 19, and Day 1 of the series had two events running.
The only SOL event to play down to a winner yesterday, ₹15 Lakhs GTD Profish Malik (named after poker pro Akash Malik), brought in 458 participants resulting in an overlay shortfall worth ₹57,300, and the top 49 places got paid. The former Maverick champion Debap
Debapriya Manna’s Adda52 stats: Site Winnings: ₹64.96 Lakhs | Site Profits: ₹15.74 Lakhs
The other SOL event, the eight-flight strong ₹1 Crore GTD Patni Millionaire, also kicked off yesterday. Day 1A signed up 127 entrants ((89 unique and 38 re-entries), and after the stipulated 29 levels of play, 13 aspirants survived through to Day 2. Puneet ‘j4jolly’ Mishra (293,076), Siddhanth ‘Sidstack’ Kripalani (252,142), Abhishek ‘thegrinder’ Garg (208,444), ‘pobel’ (194,
Md ‘t9ace’ Nazim (Won Afternoon Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹41,175), ‘siva2’ (Won Nighttide DST Adda ₹1.50 Lakhs GTD for ₹34,986), ‘Kunalkksn’ (Won Dinner PLO Adda ₹1 Lakh GTD for ₹21,505), ‘Borntogamble’ (
Khelo365
Khelo365 user ‘KaranZZZ’ topped the 96-entry field in the ₹10K GTD Sun Downer to win ₹3,700.
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